Woman escapes attack

STOCKTON - Police are looking for a man who tried to drag a woman to a shed Tuesday in north Stockton. But the man fled when a neighbor's dog started barking.

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STOCKTON - Police are looking for a man who tried to drag a woman to a shed Tuesday in north Stockton. But the man fled when a neighbor's dog started barking.

The Police Department reported the woman, 47, heard her dogs barking around noon Tuesday in the backyard of her home in the 2500 bock of Shimizu Drive. When she went outside to investigate, the man ran from behind a shed, grabbed her and started dragging her to the shed.

They struggled, and the woman fell down. The man ran away when a neighbor's dog started barking.

The assailant was described as a Latino man about 30 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall and 150 pounds. He was wearing a black baseball cap, black ski mask, blue T-shirt and blue jeans.